World History of the Dance

by Curt Sachs

Book Overview

More inclusive than any other art, the dance has been associated with every phase of human life. In relation to their historical setting the author deals with the magic powers attributed to the dance, and such motives as fertility, war, marriage and health. We read that the Indian divorces his wife in the dance and, when he is ill, dances to dispel the disease; and that once in front of the Turkish soldiers sixty Greek mothers and girls danced...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393002098
• ISBN13: 9780393002096
• Release Date: April 1963
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 516 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 8.1"